The Semester of Discontent by Cynthia Kuhn Synopsis English professor Lila Maclean is so excited to be working Stonedale University, that is until she finds one of her colleagues dead. Lila—or someone she is protecting— is considered a person of interest. So much so that anyone connected to her is a suspect. As a … More Third Book Review in the Mystery Thriller Week

Expired Listings by D.M. Barr Synopsis The Realtors in Rock Canyon are being killed, the police and especially other Realtors aren’t really that upset about the situation. After all, there is less completion for them and more commissions.Dana Black is the only one who cares that these people are being killed especially since … More Second Book Review in the Mystery Thriller Week

This book is the latest in the Cumberland Creek Mystery series by this author. This book will be released September 29, 2017 Synopisis Reporter Annie Chamovitz is a former investigative journalist who is now a stay at home Mom. In order to get more adult communication and out of the house, she is part of … More Scrapbook of the Dead by Mollie Cox Byran

Synopsis Chelsea Chambers is on her own. After a public split from her NFL superstar husband, Chelsea takes a bold step out of the limelight and behind the counter of the Higher Grounds Café, an old-fashioned coffee shop in dire need of reinvention. But when her courage, expert planning, and out-of-this-world cupcakes fail to pay … More Book Review: Miracle at the Higher Ground Cafe

Synopsis Professional organizer Tina Shaw rushes to her best friend’s ancestral home to determine if Leslie really saw a ghost. Tina doesn’t see one in the cluttered Newport, Rhode Island, Victorian attic, but she does hear strange noises. As she tries to reassure Leslie, the police and firefighters arrive because a murdered man has been … More Book Review: Cluttered Attic Secrets

Synopsis Trading her sandals for cowboy boots, Dymphna dives into her new life with equal parts anxiety and excitement. After all, she’s never felt quite at home in Santa Monica anyway. Maybe Fat Chance will be her second chance. But making it habitable is going take more than a lasso and Wild West spirit. With … More Book Review: Welcome to Fat Chance Texas

Synopsis As Milwaukee counts down to New Year’s Eve, bar owner Mackenzie “Mack” Dalton has but one resolution—unmask the dangerous mastermind who has been taunting her and killed bouncer Gary Gunderson. Mack and her fellow barflies have fleshed out a suspect and arranged an invite-only party to put a cork in the murderer’s game for … More Book Review: A Toast to Murder

Synopsis Thirty-one-year-old Sasha Silverman leads a charmed life as a manager of the family teddy bear shop and factory. Well, except for the part about being a single divorcée with a ticking biological clock in small-town Silver Hollow. There is Will Taylor, the sales rep who’s set on making drastic changes to the business her … More Book Review: Bearly Departed

Synopsis God says there are no limits to forgiveness toward others or ourselves. And when Matthew West set out on a journey asking people to share their true life stories, Renée shared about how she chose to forgive the drunk driver who hit and killed her daughter. This remarkable story and others like it bring … More Book Review: Forgiveness

Synopsis What does it mean to “act black” or “act white”? Is race merely a matter of phenotype, or does it come from the inflection of a person’s speech, the clothes in her closet, how she chooses to spend her time and with whom she chooses to spend it? What does it mean to be … More Book Review: Acting White

Synopsis Rita Bellamy has had great success as an author, but it came at the expense of her marriage. Now she’s starting over in a small lakeside cottage, slowly rebuilding the confidence that was shattered. Dory has moved to Washington D.C. to be with Griff. This should be the beginning of an exciting new chapter … More Book Review: Balancing Act